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Show 478 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, 9° N. lat., aud to be migratory between the 20th of February the 10th of March on the Upper Nile. Heuglin, on the other hand, believed the species to be resident, as he met with it in November and December, and again in March, on the plains of Hamedo in the Abyssinian lowlands, in April in the " Quola " of Western Abyssinia, in Kordofan in July, and in Bongo between August and November. In Shoa Antinori met with the allied species L. hypopyrrhus. 61. DRYOSCOPUS CETHIOPICUS. Dryoscopus cethiopicus (Gm.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 458 (187i) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 139 (1883); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 163 (1894). Laniarius cethiopicust Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 132 (1884), vi. p. 240 (1888). «. 2 aa". Mount Kuldush, Dec. 18,1894. Iris reddish brown ; legs grey. Found in pairs, according to Heuglin, in Abyssinia and Takah, northwards to 17° N. lat. on the Upper White Nile, less commonly in Senar and Kordofan. It extends up the mountains higher thau D. gambensis, but not beyond 8000 feet. Antinori found the species in Shoa, but rather sparsely, near Let-Marafia. Dr. Ragazzi, however, mentions it as common in Shoa. Dr. Reichenow records it from Aruscha, Kilima-njaro, and Karema. 62. DRYOSCOPUS GAMBENSIS. Dryoscopus gambeyisis, Licht. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 456 (1871); Gadow, Cat, B. Brit, Mus. viii. p. 146(1883); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 241 (1888). A. 2 ad. Walenso, Oct. 26, 1894. Iris red ; bill, under mandible grey, upper mandible black ; legs grey. A resident in North-eastern Africa, according to Heuglin, by whom it was obtained to the eastward as far as the Anseba Kiver, in Senar, Kordofan, and the region of the Nile. On the mountains of Abyssinia it ascends to 6000 feet. He describes a female bird from the Schir Negroes country on the Upper White Nile. Dr. Ragazzi procured the species in Shoa in the forests of Fekeric- Ghem, Sciotalit, and the Gherba F'alls. 63. DRYOSCOPUS FUNEBRIS. Drifoscopusfunebris, Hartl.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 461 (1871); Gadow, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. viii. p. 133(1883); Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 598; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 162 (1894). Laniarius funebris, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 133 (1884), vi. p. 241 (1888). a, b. d 2 ad. Sillul, Aug. 7, 1894. Iris dark brown. |
